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SUMMARY:L1 and L2 Comprehension of Enriched Composition: Evidence from off
 line and online processing. - Sacha De Velle\, ESOL Research and Validatio
 n Group
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CONTACT:Napoleon Katsos
DESCRIPTION:The enriched compositional hypothesis (Jackendoff 2002) is spe
 cifically concerned with sentence level integration of conceptual informat
 ion that is not explicitly stated in surface form structure. The results f
 rom the following set of 3 studies are discussed in light of this composit
 ional approach to sentence-level processing. \n\nThe first experiment is a
  replication of Piñango et al’s (1999) study that examined the notion o
 f repetition by comparing sentences involving simple (The light shone for 
 an hour) and enriched (The light flashed for an hour) compositional proces
 ses. While the off-line judgment questionnaire did not support the origina
 l findings\, a cross modal lexical decision (CMLD) task showed that the it
 erative condition (i.e.\, multiple flashes) resulted in longer on-line pro
 cessing times.   \n\nA second experiment investigated online processing ef
 fects for sentence combinations that rely on the insertion of an unexpress
 ed activity. Results from a CMLD task that compared simple (The student ow
 ned the car for six months) versus enriched (The student borrowed the car 
 for six months) conditions showed longer processing times for sentences th
 at included an unexpressed activity (e.g.\, The student borrowed the car (
 to drive) for six months).  \n\nA third experiment examined L2 English off
 line judgments for sentences that incorporated the verbs enjoy/remember/fo
 rget with concrete (The musician enjoyed the guitar at the concert) and ab
 stract nouns (The musician enjoyed the atmosphere at the concert). Those r
 esults showed that sentences with concrete nouns (the enriched condition) 
 triggered more word insertions for an unexpressed activity (The musician e
 njoyed (playing) the guitar). However\, the correct grammatical form was d
 ependent on the preceding verb type.  These results are discussed in terms
  of on-line processing research for complement selection (McElree et al\; 
 2001). \n\nReferences\n\nDeVelle\, S. (2005). Aspectual coercion and on-li
 ne processing: The case of iteration. In S. Kepsar & M. Reis (Eds.)\, Ling
 uistic evidence: Empirical\, theoretical and computational perspectives. N
 ew York: Mouton de Gruyter.\n\nJackendoff\, R. (2002). Foundations of Lang
 uage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.\n\nPiñango\, M.\, Zurif\, E.\, & J
 ackendoff\, R. (1999). Real-time processing implications of enriched compo
 sition at the syntax-semantics interface. Journal of Psycholinguistic Rese
 arch\, 28(4): 395-414.\n\nMcElree\, B.\, Traxler\, M.\, Pickering\, M.\, S
 eely\, R.\, & Jackendoff\, R. (2001). Reading time evidence for enriched c
 omposition. Cognition\, 78\, 17-25. 
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